ధాతువు

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “layer, stratum; constituent part, ingredient; element, primitive matter; constituent element or essential ingredient of the body; primary element of the earth; verbal root”) +‎ -వు (-vu).

Noun

ధాతువు • (dhātuvu) m (plural ధాతువులు)

1. an element, primary substance
2. a constituent of the earth or mountains, a mineral, metal, ore, fossil

   సప్తధాతువులు

   saptadhātuvulu

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. an essential element or constituent of the body, viz. chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen
4. a humor or affection of the body viz. wind, bile, and phlegm
5. the pulse
6. (grammar) the primary element of words, a verbal root

References

• "ధాతువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 621